September 27 - October 13 2021; 7107 nm and 937 days after departure from La Rochelle. Wow! That was indeed a very nice surprise to get the permission to travel to Carriacou. We were soooo happy about this information, I danced for joy, jumped in the water and I told all the fishies about it. …
Shopping on the last day before lockdown we did not shop this fellow, but I thought he would make a nice mascot for the German soccer team Borussia Dortmund 😁first getting dough at a drive through ATMat the market in St George's waiting for the rain to stop Egmont bay my attempt to capture our …
August 27 - September 26 2021; 6987 nm and 920 days after departure from La Rochelle. Yeahhhh! Lockdown! Well, in my last blog I wrote the restrictions didn´t have such a big impact on us -which was true- but only a few days later all changed. With the massive increase of new local infections (7 …
Some random shots out of the car on our first mobile day. everywhere one can find those little huts where locals sell their mostly home grown fruit and vegetable, homemade juices and other goodiesthis lady just sold juicesgreen everywheresome streets look like thismost of the houses in Grenada are stilt houses; the underneeth area is …
August 07 - August 27 2021; 6980 nm and 890 days after departure from La Rochelle. What a beautiful island! Yes, I know we've been here already for half a year. (What? Can that be? Well, time is definitely speeding lately.) But we are still wowed by the luscious green landscapes showing off at every …
Our catch and some pics of Carriacou Our huge catcha "Mexican Pompano", 5 kgwhile under way I was cleaning and filleting the beast, it was enough for three days, yammmmiiiiiiUnion Island in the back and the "Sister Rocks" in frontthe last tack into Tyrrel Bay / CarriacouAltimate very close to shorethe rice-picker-lady performing yoga on …
Some pics of L'Ánse Aux Epines, the headland between Secret harbour and Prickly bay volleyball at Secret harbouron our way to volleyballthis guy was hiding in the woodsan unsual type of housethe view down to Hartman bay (Secret Harbour)a closer look Some football fans... El Capitano, Sam, Johannes (Your Highness), me and Sherriquarter final, not …
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July 06 - August 07 2021; 6980 nm and 870 days after departure from La Rochelle. Yes! We decided we needed some vacation! In the end, living aboard can be pretty intense, right?! And of course, I know it might sound a bit weird to some people, but also veeeery tempting to us 🙂 .About …
Port Egmont, the lake-like lagoon in the south of Grenada only a few miles west of St. David's Harbour Port Egmont is a completely enclosed lagoon, surrounded by mangroves and supposed to be a fairly save hurricane hole. It does feel like a lake in the middle of landin the back of the pic one …
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We spent some days in the beautiful anchorage of St. David´s. The harbour which is just a bay, (it always confuses me when the anchorages are called "harbour" as it has absolutely nothing to do with a harbour we usually think of) lies in the south part of Grenada and is only a few miles …
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